Dr B J Sokol

B J is interested in the works of Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers, and twentieth-century American literature.

Staff details

Position

Emeritus Professor of English

Department

English and Creative Writing

Email

b.sokol (@gold.ac.uk)

Academic qualifications

  • MA (Columbia University)
  • PhD (Columbia University)

Publications and research outputs

Book

Sokol, B. J. and Sokol, Mary. 2006. Shakespeare, Law and Marriage. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521024907

Sokol, B. J. and Sokol, Mary. 2005. Shakespeare's Legal Language: A Dictionary. Continnuum-3PL; New edition edition. ISBN 978-0826477781

Sokol, B. J.. 2003. A Brave New World of Knowledge: Shakespeare's The Tempest and Early Modern Epistemology. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-1611472264

Book Section

Sokol, B. J.. 2003. Margaret Cavendish's Poems and Fancies and Thomas Harriot's Treatise on Infinity. In: Stephen Clucas, ed. A Princely Brave Woman: Essays on Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp. 151-163. ISBN 978-0754604648

Sokol, B. J. and Sokol, Mary. 2002. Where Are We in Legal-Historical Studies of Shakespeare? The Case of Marriage and Property. In: W R Elton and John M Mucciolo, eds. The Shakespearean International Yearbook: v. 2: Where are We Now in Shakespearean Studies? Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, pp. 249-271. ISBN 978-0754602354

Article

Sokol, B. J.. 2015. Shylock and Marsyas. Shakespeare, 11(4), pp. 337-361. ISSN 1745-0918

Sokol, B. J.. 2014. Cerimon's "rough and woeful music" in Pericles. Shakespeare, 10(1), pp. 46-55. ISSN 1745-0918

Sokol, B. J.. 2009. A Warwickshire Scandal: Sir Thomas Lucy and the Date of "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Shakespeare, 5(4), pp. 355-371.

Research Interests

Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers, twentieth-century American literature, and the connections of literary studies with art history, legal history, physical science, and psychoanalysis.